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Sep 28, 2007 at 12:01 AMSep 28, 2007 at 6:49 AM

A look at the week ahead on Beacon Hill.

Lindsey Parietti

The Turnpike Authority Board meets Thursday to vote on toll increases scheduled for January. Two weeks ago board members delayed the vote after agreeing they needed more time to find cost-saving measures and determine how much new revenue was needed.

House Speaker Salvatore DiMasi will announce a deficiencies budget to fund programs that did not receive the amount of money expected from the state for the fiscal year that ended in July.

Hearing Tuesday on Gov. Deval Patrick’s proposal to consolidate the state’s labor organizations. The bill will take affect this fall unless the Legislature vetoes.

The governor may announce his ideas about how the state’s $436 million fiscal 2007 surplus should be spent, although House Speaker Salvatore DiMasi said Friday that most of that money has already been accounted for.

Monday kicks off Massachusetts’ Italian Heritage Month with a ceremony at the State House.

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